DTS,
Inc. announces that Sonic Solutions is licensing the company's new
DTS-HD technologies for next generation Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD
formats. DTS-HD will be integrated into Sonic's Scenarist and
CineVision products for both HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc authoring and
encoding.

With
the widespread arrival of broadband networking into the home and the
dramatic increase in consumer use and distribution of digital content,
home automation has entered the forefront of the mainstream home. Just
look at the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) 2005 State of
the Home Builder survey that the Consumer Electronics Association
conducted:

Coding
Technologies, a provider of audio compression for digital broadcasting,
mobile media, and the Internet, announced with Orban, a professional
broadcasting technology company the immediate availability
of a public beta for the new Orban/Coding Technologies AAC/aacPlusT
Player Plugin. When installed, this free software will enable any of
the 80+ million users of Microsoft's Windows Media Player to take
advantage of the high-quality, low-bandwidth audio format.

There
is no question that PC convergence is happening in the world of home
theater. In the old days of high-end audio, the company with the finest
analog products could get the top dollar and the top margins, both at
home and abroad.

Sony
is bringing performance and entertainment to even the smallest of
spaces with a new all-in-one desktop PC. The VAIO VA TV-PC combines a
full-featured computer with an LCD TV in one package that will retail
for approximately $2,000.